A coalition of political heavyweights, civil society leaders, and labour activists has launched a fresh push for sweeping electoral reforms, warning that Nigeria risks another flawed election in 2027 if urgent changes are not made.
 
At a weekend’s consultative meeting in Lagos, convened by the National Consultative Front (NCFront), in partnership with the Labour and Civil Society Front (LCSF), stakeholders resolved to host a National Dialogue on Electoral Reforms on October 1, 2025. 

 According to them, the nation’s democracy is on the brink, and its survival now depends on fixing a broken electoral system that has lost the trust of the people.  That was the blunt verdict of some of the country’s most respected leaders at the Lagos meeting.
 
Spokesperson for NCFront, Hamisu San Turaki, in a statement yesterday, indicated that the gathering will formally launch the Alliance for Defence of Democracy (ADD), a new platform to drive the reforms nationwide.

Among the prominent Nigerians enlisted to spearhead the movement are former INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, legal luminaries, Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) and Femi Falana (SAN), former presidential aspirants, Prof. Pat Utomi and Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, Nigeria Labour Congress President, Joe Ajaero, former minister, Oby Ezekwesili, northern elder, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, rights activist, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, and political veterans, including Buba Galadima and Dr. Usman Bugaje.
 
The coalition is pressing for reforms to make electronic transmission of results compulsory, criminalise vote buying, enable early and diaspora voting, and introduce proportional representation, including reserved seats for women and other vulnerable groups.
 
The October 1 dialogue, to be headlined by Ajaero, is to serve as the launch pad for what organisers describe as “a mass movement to defend democracy and rescue Nigeria’s electoral system from collapse.”